diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3f1f7ac..2be4106 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Copyright 2014-2016 CyberVision, Inc.
         <commons-cli.version>1.2</commons-cli.version>
         <commons-io.version>2.4</commons-io.version>
         <commons-codec.version>1.9</commons-codec.version>
-        <commons-compress.version>1.8</commons-compress.version>
+        <commons-compress.version>1.21</commons-compress.version>
         <commons-lang.version>2.6</commons-lang.version>
         <commons-digester3.version>3.2</commons-digester3.version>
         <commons-fileupload.version>1.3.1</commons-fileupload.version>